Pauline Davies
Professor of Practice,
Hugh Downs School Of Human Communication
Other ASU affiliations
Institute for Social Science Research
The Beyond Center
Institute for Social Science Research Affiliated Faculty
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STAUF A470 Tempe, AZ 85287-1205
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Mail code: 1205Campus: Tempe
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Long Bio
Pauline Davies is an award-winning radio science and health broadcaster with an extensive international career. She spent many years with the BBC’s World Service where her programs reached audiences of tens of millions worldwide. Her topics ranged from fundamental physics to new food technologies and human origins and she has reported from conflict zones on maternal health and combatant injuries. Davies continues to make news and documentary items from across the sciences for public broadcasters worldwide. She now specializes in cancer research outreach, leading major programs. She led the outreach and education program of the National Cancer Institute (NCI) funded Physical Sciences and Oncology Center at ASU and now leads the outreach for the NCI funded Arizona Cancer Evolution Center, part of the NCI's Cancer Systems Biology Consortium. Davies is also collaborating with the Mayo Clinic to help prevent burnout amongst physicians. She has been active in the University Senate for several years, was President-elect of the Tempe campus Senate 2022-2023 and is now President of the Tempe campus University Senate.
Education
- Further Education Teacher's Certificate:York College of Arts and Technology, U.K.
- B.Sc. (Hons) City of London Polytechnic, U.K.
Research Website URL
Research Interests
Cancer research outreach
Publications
- Pauline Davies. Wedding in Papua New Guinea. (2012).
- Pauline Davies. Wedding in Papua New Guinea. (2011).
- Pauline Davies (Newman). The intriguing parrots of Great Abaco Island. (2011).
- Pauline Davies. Investigating Cancer Cells as Physical Objects: The Arizona State University PS-OC. 'Perspectives' National Cancer Institute Physical Sciences and Oncology (2010).
- Pauline Davies. Beagle Voyage Retraced. (2010).
- Pauline Davies. Lionfish Threaten Fish in Bahamas. (2010).
- Pauline Davies and Tom Fielden. Can Physicists Help Cancer Fight. (2010).
- Pauline Davies. Investigating Cancer Cells as Physical Objects: The Arizona State University PS-OC. (2010).
- Jill Peters,Translational Genomics Research Institute Pauline Davies, Arizona State University Naomi Lane, Inter Tribal Council of Arizona, Inc., Kathryn Coe, University of Arizona. Talking Glossary of Genomics Terminology: A Genomics Education Module for American Indian Communities. Journal of Health Disparities Research and Practice, Volume 3, Number 2, Fall 2009 (2009).
- Pauline Davies. Hooked on the Net?. (2009).
- Pauline Davies. Lionfish Threaten Bahamian Fisheries. (2009).
- Pauline Davies. Meteorite Hunting in the Arizonan Desert. (2009).
- Pauine Davies. Planetary Protection. (2008).
- Pauline Davies. Astrobiology in the Pitch Lake of Trinidad. (2008).
- Pauline Davies. Dengue Fever in Trinidad. (2008).
- Pauline Davies. Global warming in Greenland. (2008).
- Pauline Davies. Restless Leg Syndrome - a patient’s perspective. (2008).
- Pauline Davies. The Calving Glaciers of Ilulissat. (2008).
- Pauline Davies. The Trinidad Pitch Lake. (2008).
Research Activity
- 2018 - 2023 Project Lead, NCI funded Arizona Cancer Evolution Center, 5U54CA217376-03
- 2017 Preventing Physician Burnout. Collaboration with Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale.
- 2009- 2015 Outreach and Education Lead, A Center for the Convergence of Physical Science and Cancer Biology. HHS-NIH-NCI
Courses
2025 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| COM 382 | Classroom Apprenticeship |
| COM 100 | Intro to Human Communication |
| COM 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| COM 493 | Honors Thesis |
2024 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| COM 100 | Intro to Human Communication |
| COM 382 | Classroom Apprenticeship |
| COM 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| COM 493 | Honors Thesis |
| COM 100 | Intro to Human Communication |
2024 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| COM 382 | Classroom Apprenticeship |
| COM 100 | Intro to Human Communication |
| COM 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| COM 493 | Honors Thesis |
2023 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| COM 100 | Intro to Human Communication |
| COM 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| COM 493 | Honors Thesis |
| COM 100 | Intro to Human Communication |
2023 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| COM 382 | Classroom Apprenticeship |
| COM 100 | Intro to Human Communication |
| COM 100 | Intro to Human Communication |
| COM 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| COM 493 | Honors Thesis |
2022 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| COM 100 | Intro to Human Communication |
| COM 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| COM 493 | Honors Thesis |
2022 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| COM 382 | Classroom Apprenticeship |
| COM 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| COM 100 | Intro to Human Communication |
| COM 100 | Intro to Human Communication |
| COM 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| COM 493 | Honors Thesis |
| HON 494 | Special Topics |
2021 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| COM 100 | Intro to Human Communication |
| COM 100 | Intro to Human Communication |
| COM 382 | Classroom Apprenticeship |
| COM 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| COM 493 | Honors Thesis |
2021 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| COM 382 | Classroom Apprenticeship |
| COM 100 | Intro to Human Communication |
| COM 100 | Intro to Human Communication |
| COM 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| COM 493 | Honors Thesis |
2020 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| COM 100 | Intro to Human Communication |
2020 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| COM 382 | Classroom Apprenticeship |
| COM 100 | Intro to Human Communication |
| COM 100 | Intro to Human Communication |
Service
- Cancer Systems Biology Consortium Outreach Working Group 2018 - present
- Physical Sciences and Oncology Center (PSOC), Education and Outreach Director (2009 - 2015)
- National Cancer Institute PS-OC Education and Training Group, Member (2009 - 2014)
- National Cancer Institute PS-OC Science Outreach and Dissemination Working Group, Member (2009 - 2014)
- Moderator of public discussions 2006 -present
- Event moderator, 2006 - present